Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches

Robert Benedetto; Donald K. McKim

doi:10.5771/9780810870239

Summary

As its name implies, the Reformed tradition grew out of the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Reformed churches consider themselves to be the Catholic Church reformed. The movement originated in the reform efforts of Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) of Zurich and John Calvin (1509-1564) of Geneva. Although the Reformed movement was dependent upon many Protestant leaders, it was Calvin's tireless work as a writer, preacher, teacher, and social and ecclesiastical reformer that provided a substantial body of literature and an ethos from which the Reformed tradition grew. Today, the Reformed churches are a multicultural, multiethnic, and multinational phenomenon. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches contains information on the major personalities, events, facts, movements, and beliefs of the Reformed churches. This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on leaders, personalities, events, facts, movements, and beliefs of the Reformed churches.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 2/2009
Copyright Year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-5807-7
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-7023-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 736
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Editor’s Foreword No access
3. Preface to the Second Edition No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
6. Chronology No access
7. Introduction No access
The Dictionary No access Pages 1 - 540
Appendix 1 No access Pages 541 - 542
Appendix 2 No access Pages 543 - 545
Appendix 3 No access Pages 546 - 561
Appendix 4 No access Pages 562 - 563
Appendix 5 No access Pages 564 - 568
Bibliography No access Pages 569 - 734
About the Authors No access Pages 735 - 736